Daily Reading for Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Reading 1, Genesis 17:3-9

³ And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows,

⁴ 'For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations.

⁵ And you are no longer to be called Abram; your name is to be Abraham, for I am making you father of many nations.

⁶ I shall make you exceedingly fertile. I shall make you into nations, and your issue will be kings.

⁷ And I shall maintain my covenant between myself and you, and your descendants after you, generation after generation, as a covenant in perpetuity, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

⁸ And to you and to your descendants after you, I shall give the country where you are now immigrants, the entire land of Canaan, to own in perpetuity. And I shall be their God.'

⁹ God further said to Abraham, 'You for your part must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

⁴ Seek Yahweh and his strength, tirelessly seek his presence!

⁵ Remember the marvels he has done, his wonders, the judgements he has spoken.

⁶ Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose!

⁷ He is Yahweh our God, his judgements touch the whole world.

⁸ He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations,

⁹ which he concluded with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.